TB-25N Mitchell Facts North American TB-25N Basics Named for air power advocate Gen Billy Mitchell, the B-25 medium bomber entered service in 1941. The first aircraft to sink a Japanese submarine, the B-25 recorded another first when 16 Mitchells took off from the carrier Hornet on 18 April 1942 to bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities. Piloting the 16th Mitchell during the Doolittle raid was Lt William Farrow, a graduate of Goodfellow's first class. Goodfellow's Mitchell (s/n 44-28875) entered service in 1944 and was modified to a trainer model (TB-25) the following year, finally retiring from· Dyess AFB in 1959. Crew and Equipment Crew: 6 Pilot Co-pilot Bombardier Turret Gunner Waist Gunner Tail Gunner Roles Training Medium Bomber History of Goodfellow's TB-25N Mitchell The TB-25N on display is the Hayes navigator trainer conversion, of which 47 were built. Wing commander Col Charlie Powell rescued the plane from deterioration and neglect and brought it to Goodfellow, where it stands in tribute to the 2,434 pilots who trained on the TB-25 at the base from 1954-1958. In gratitude to Charlie Powell, who flew the TB-25 as a young lieutenant, the plane today bears his name beneath its cockpit.